Afghanistan Analysts Network – English

Month: October 2011

Taliban Using Modern Means to Add to Sway

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New York Times, 4 October 2011 Article describes Taleban pressure on the telecomm companies, forcing companies to switch off the networks at night (although it fails to note that this has already been going on for years).

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The government’s new peace strategy: Who to talk to?

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After the Rabbani assassination, the Afghan government has made it clear that it intends to revise its peace strategy. It has however been very short on the details of what this might look like, other than that it needs to revolve around ‘talking to Pakistan’. The change comes in the midst of deteriorating relations with […]

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Why One of Afghanistan’s Most Feared Men Is a U.S. Ally

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Times, 4 October 2011 This follow-up article by Julius Cavendish gives more detail on Azizullah, the violent Special Forces’ ally in Paktika’s Bermel district, and provides a glimpse inside the murky world of Afghan Guard Forces, Counterterroism Pursuit Teams and otherwise largely uncontrolled Afghan forces..

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3 October 2011: AAN’s Sari Kouvo discusses the current situation in Afghanistan at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Finland

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Hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Finland, AAN’s Sari Kouvo discussed the current situation in Afghanistan with represenatives of Finnish ministries and civil society.

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2 October 2011: AAN’s Sari Kouvo discusses gender, conflict and Afghanistan and KATU’s Security Seminar in Helsinki, Finland

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AAN’s Sari Kouvo held a seminar about gender and human security at the annual security seminar of the Civil Society Conflict Prevention Network in Finland. The aim of the seminar was to challenge the state-centered security paradigm through a focus on human security. Other speakers included Finland’s Minister of Development, Heidi Hautala, and Minister of […]

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AAN In The Media – October 2011

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Deadly Taliban Kabul attack highlights US reliance on private contractors Christian Science Monitor, 30 October 2011 After it transpired that there was a number of contractors among the victims of the 29 October suicide attack in Kabul, AAN’s Thomas Ruttig comments on the role of such contactors: ‘Information about this aspect of the war only […]

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